People with chronic conditions are demanding assurances that they will be vaccinated against COVID-19 before those who “unfairly” seek to get bumped up the queue, heightening their anxiety after a year of “no life”.
They are calling for clarity and peace of mind, following sacrifices they have been facing since March.
Since the rollout started slowly this year, in what has become a fight for the vaccine, anyone from teachers to bank employees, the maritime industry and healthcare students in contact with patients have made a case to be prioritised in the programme, raising concern among the medically vulnerable that they would be pushed down the line.